Tag Archive: gun


on June 25, 2020 in World News

Gun, Ammo Sales Surge amid Push to Defund Police

by AWR Hawkins As Democrats and other leftists push to defund the police, gun stores around the country are witnessing a surge in gun and ammunition purchases. CNN Business points to research firm Southwick Associates Inc. and reports that “firearms dealers across the country have reported a recent spike in sales, citing the unrest following police brutality protests in support of George Floyd and calls to defund the police as catalysts.” They note that National Shooting Sports Foundation figures show that the surge in gun sales has been marked by a high volume of handguns. In fact, “semi-automatic handguns...

by AWR Hawkins As Democrats and other leftists push to defund the police, gun stores around the country are witnessing a surge in gun and ammunition purchases. CNN Business points to research firm Southwick Associates Inc. and reports that...

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on July 19, 2018 in Featured World News

England Knife, Gun, Rape Attacks and Homicide Continue Rapid Rise

by Liam Deacon “High-harm” violent offences involving weapons are soaring in England and Wales, as a crime wave continues, with knife and gun crime, as well as homicide, shooting up. Meanwhile, police also recorded 31 percent more rapes, up to 53,977, and 21 percent more other sexual offences, rising to 96,755. The revelations, from the latest official figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show offences involving knives or sharp instruments rising by 16 percent to 40,147 – the fourth consecutive increase in knife attacks revealed by the ONS. The figures are police-recorded crimes for the year...

by Liam Deacon “High-harm” violent offences involving weapons are soaring in England and Wales, as a crime wave continues, with knife and gun crime, as well as homicide, shooting up. Meanwhile, police also recorded 31 percent more rapes, up...

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on September 27, 2014 in World News

Good Guy with a Gun Prevents Second Beheading in Oklahoma Business

Good Guy with a Gun Prevents Second Beheading in Oklahoma Business On September 26, an armed company owner intervened in an attack by shooting a former employee who had already beheaded one worker and was stabbing another. The attack took place at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma. Fox News reports that the alleged attacker, 30-year-old Alton Nolen, drove his car into another car in the parking lot of Vaughan Foods’ parking lot, then entered the business and beheaded 54-year-old Collee Hufford. He was allegedly stabbing a second victim, 43-year-old Traci Johnson, when company owner Mark Vaughan drew the gun he… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Store owner pulls gun on thieves, may lose lease

                      Store owner pulls gun on thieves, may lose lease A Memphis, Tenn., business owner is under fire and may lose his lease after he chased three robbers from his store with a 9 mm handgun – all because his cookie shop is located in a mall with a “no firearms” policy. Police are still looking for the thieves who stole $45 from a cash register in the Southland Mall Cookie Bakery on Aug. 7. After the men made off with the money, the store owner chased them into the… View Article

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on July 19, 2013 in World News

Holder, DOJ Won’t Return Zimmerman’s Gun

                      Holder, DOJ Won’t Return Zimmerman’s Gun Although George Zimmerman was found “not guilty” by a jury of his peers in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin, Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to give Zimmerman’s gun back. The Sanford police department confirmed that the DOJ has placed a “hold” on evidence relating to the Zimmerman trial. Officers have been instructed not to return “any pieces of evidence to their owners,” including Zimmerman’s gun. The Daily Mail suggests this is one more sign that “the criminal section of the Justice Department’s… View Article

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